The navy has become France's last life-saving straw at this moment, because everyone knows that Prussia has no navy at all. If those broken ships for coastal defense can be called a navy, the British Royal Fleet may be renamed the Space Fleet. .
There is no suspense about the French navy's victory over the Prussian offshore defense fleet. The only suspense is whether the French dare to land on the Prussian coastline, and whether they dare to bombard Prussia's source of wealth, the freedom of Hamburg. city!
These are two important signals. Once France does it, the results will be good or bad. The good side is that it will greatly stimulate the morale of the French military and civilians.
But there is also a bad side, if France really does this, especially bombarding the Free City of Hamburg... because Hamburg has been a free city known for free trade since the Middle Ages.
This is a place recognized by many countries as a no-war zone. Although no neutrality has been declared, no one will bomb this free trade zone.
Once France dares to defy the world and commits such a tragic massacre of civilians, the national sentiment in Prussia will completely go crazy, and the war will most likely reach an endless stage.
The world is watching the actions of the French Navy, and even European financial markets are watching the French Navy. They are anxiously waiting for news to judge the future trends of various financial products.
Now the big British capitalists are heavily holding Prussian financial products. They are waiting for the French navy to fire. As soon as the cannon fire is fired, the war situation will be determined, and then all positions will be sold with all their strength.
Directly destroy Prussia's financial products to the point of no return!
The left hand suppresses Prussia, while the right hand will quickly buy the bottom of French financial products. It is absolutely refreshing to make money every time!
Fang Guan, who is in Amsterdam, has been restless these days like an ant on a hot pot. The early withdrawal of large British capitals has left her with half of her short position. These large capitals are simply not something Fang Guan can pry.
If this position lasts until the end of the war, the goal of 100 million pounds will not be achieved at all, which is the main reason for Fang Guan's anxiety.
But with all kinds of gossip flying in the market, Fangguan heard a lot of rumors about naval battles, and now she couldn't sit still.
If there really is a disastrous defeat in the naval battle and British capital goes all out to smash the market, then the goal of 100 million pounds will not be achieved. I am afraid that even the principal will be lost!
Do we have to force Fangguan to sell everything? She definitely wouldn't dare, because Xiao Letian didn't give her any authorization at all!
There was a deeper reason, and that was the secret letter sent by Xiang Ying, which suddenly plunged Fangguan into a power struggle within the Chinese clan.
Xiang Ying was able to spend a huge sum of three million pounds. What was this concept in the world at that time? This is a quarter of the Qing Dynasty's annual treasury income, and Xiang Ying took it out so easily.
What's behind this supporting him? Fangguan didn't dare to think about this problem.
What's even more frightening is that Xiang Ying actually told him that there were still opportunities to buy at bargain prices, so that Fangguan could wait with confidence... What did this mean? What on earth is Xiang Ying going to do?
A bad premonition emerged. Even if Fangguan was brave, she would not be able to withstand such great pressure. At this moment, she felt that she was trapped in a dark alley where she could not see anything, but she could feel it. There are ghosts lurking in the darkness.
"Xiang Ying, don't dare to do anything stupid! Cai Bixia, you have to persuade your man, don't make him go crazy!"
Fangguan guessed correctly. At this moment, Xiang Ying and his group of stormtroopers were completely crazy. They actually launched a murderous mobilization on the Zhiyuan warship on the sea.
Off the coast of Hamburg, on the dark sea of Heligoland Bay, the night sky is full of stars and the sea is rough. The lighthouse on Heligoland Island in the distance is rotating, and the light beam rotates in the night sky and shines in all directions.
Cai Bixia looked at Xiang Ying with a horrified look. She never expected that just tonight Xiang Ying would summon all the members of the Zhiyuan on the deck, with more than 400 naval officers and soldiers present.
The sea breeze roared fiercely, and the waves swayed and slapped on the iron armor. Xiang Ying's legs were firmly nailed to the deck as if they had taken root!
He scanned everyone on the battleship with his piercing eyes, his eyes were so deep that he could see through people's hearts!
It took a full quarter of an hour before his loud voice rang out, "Soldiers of the Reach! Today I have good news and bad news for you. Which one do you want to hear?"
There was silence all around, and the well-disciplined naval officers and soldiers waited quietly.
"Okay, don't say anything, right? Then I'll tell you, let's tell you the good news first!"
"Brothers, according to reliable intelligence, the main fleet of the French Navy has already moved towards the sea off Hamburg! Our previous intelligence was wrong. This time the French are so aggressive that they have brought out their absolute main lineup!"
"The flagship Glory, together with the sister ships Vauban and Cecil, these three armored battleships are the core force of the fleet, and they carry six armored cruisers including the Banshee and Cosmo as their servants. They are taking the lead in attacking us. Come and kill!"
"Not only that, after this vanguard fleet, there is a task force composed of twenty-five cruisers and frigates, protecting thirty merchant ships and converted troop carriers, following closely behind!"
"Brothers, France dare not say that its navy is deployed in full force, but it has sent out all its most advanced iron-clad warships!"
"Excuse me, is this good news?"
This sentence ignited the enthusiasm of the soldiers present. When the new Chinese navy was so powerful, it didn't care how powerful the enemy was when it heard that there was a battle to be fought.
More than 400 soldiers shouted excitedly, "Fuck you! Fight to the end!"
Xiang Ying looked at the cheers of the soldiers and nodded, "Now that I've finished telling you the good news, I have to tell you the bad news..."
"The bad news is... the head of state did not authorize us to fight a decisive battle. In fact, the head of state ordered us to conserve our strength and passively avoid the war! In other words, in the face of the enemy's aggressive offensive, we may have to give in..."
"Enough! Stop talking..." Cai Bixia couldn't listen anymore. "Xiang Ying, what are you going to do? Are you inciting soldiers to disobey military orders? You don't know how important the Zhiyuan is to our Chinese navy. , this is the foundation of our navy, the point of origin!”
"Once something happens to the Zhiyuan, our naval development will be hit hard. Are you going crazy?"
Xiang Ying shook his head, "I'm not crazy... I only know that the fate of the navy is the deep blue ocean. Even if we die, we can't die in the dock!"
"Sinking the ocean in a bloody battle is the fate of the navy!"
"Are you timid? Weren't you also eager to have an encounter with the French fleet before?"
"I'm talking about an encounter!" Cai Bixia's anxious eyes filled with tears. "If it's an encounter, we can still go to war to protect ourselves. This is not a violation of military orders!"
"What you want now is to take the initiative! I will never allow you to go crazy. Do you want to fight a French fleet with a Zhiyuan? Is there something wrong with your mind? Are you crazy!"
